Justice Scalia to Speak at Mississippi College School of Law Today

It's an exciting time for my law school, as Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court will be speaking to faculty, students, and guests later this morning here in Jackson, Mississippi. We will then host a luncheon for him, and later on in the day he will be judging the Mississippi Moot Court Championship, which will be held at my school and will feature our student moot court teams competing against teams from the University of Mississippi School of Law. Other judges for today's Championship will include Chief Judge Deanell Reece Tacha of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, Judge Charles Pickering formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, and Judge David Bramlette of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. With that spectacular group, I am sure our moot court students will be asked some excellent questions.

But going back to Justice Scalia and his talk to the law school, he will entertain questions. I imagine some questions might pertain to national security law or to religious freedom or to other timely topics. But what about sports law? What might be good questions to ask him about our favorite legal topic? (other than obvious ones, like, "Justice Scalia, why was Clarett v. National Football League so wrongly decided?"). After-all, Justice Scalia wrote a memorable and humerous dissent in PGA Tour, Inc. v. Casey Martin, so we know that he has an interest in sports law.

And if you could ask Justice Scalia one question about sports law, what would it be?

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